B.A. in Environmental Studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies provides students with a more liberal (less prescribed) educational pathway in their study of the environment. It is most appropriate for students with broad interests about the environment, and the reduced credit requirements compared to the B.S. in Environmental Studies make it ideal for double-majoring or minoring in related fields. This major meets the requirements of a variety of career paths and graduate studies related to the relationships between environmental, social, and economic issues and policies. Students must complete courses from a series of categories (Arts and Humanities, Business, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Statistics) as well as upper-level electives to be determined in consultation with advisors.
Degree Requirements
Arts and Humanities Requirement (choose one):
Business Requirement (choose one):
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Global Business | 4 |
| BUS 221 | Business Law and Social Responsibility | 4 |
| ECO 310 | Environmental Economics and Management | 4 |
| MGT 360 | Sustainable Development: A New Business Paradigm | 4 |
| MGT 365 | Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Natural Sciences Requirement (choose one):
| BIO 199 | General Biology II | 3 |
| BIO 199L | General Biology II Laboratory | 1 |
| BIO 205 | Tropical Biology and Conservation | 4 |
| BIO 212 | Ecology | 4 |
| BIO 212L | Ecology Laboratory | 0 |
| BIO 228 | Biology of Plants | 4 |
| BIO 228L | Biology of Plants Laboratory | 0 |
| BIO 355 | Conservation, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics | 4 |
| BIO 355L | Conservation, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics Laboratory | 0 |
| BIO 395 | Disease Ecology | 4 |
| CHE 128 | Introductory Chemistry | 3 |
| CHE 180 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| CHE 315 | Chemical Oceanography | 3 |
| ENS 122 | Global Sustainability | 4 |
| ENS 242 | Environmental Science and Policy | 4 |
| ENS 242L | Environmental Science and Policy Discussion | 0 |
| ENS 307 | Environmental Microbiology | 4 |
| ENS 307L | Environmental Microbiology Laboratory | 0 |
| ENS 346 | Conservation Biology | 4 |
| ENS 346L | Conservation Biology Discussion | 0 |
| ENS 349 | Water, Wetlands and Wildlife | 4 |
| HSC 240 | Global Disparities in Environmental Health | 4 |
| MAR 126 | Marine Biology | 3 |
| MAR 200 | Introduction to Marine Science | 3 |
| MAR 201 | Origins & Evolution of the Marine Environment | 4 |
| MAR 201L | Origins & Evolution of the Marine Environment Laboratory | 0 |
| MAR 222 | Marine Ecology | 4 |
| MAR 222L | Marine Ecology Laboratory | 0 |
| MAR 310 | Biological Oceanography | 4 |
| MAR 310L | Biological Oceanography Laboratory | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Social Sciences Requirement (choose one):
| GEO 205 | Principles of Resource Utilization | 4 |
| GEO 207 | Economic Geography | 4 |
| GEO 250 | Urban Geography: Cities in Global Context | 4 |
| PSC 285 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| PSC 318 | Science, Technology and Public Policy | 4 |
| SOC 330 | Global Sociology | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Statistics Requirement (choose one):
| BIO 230 | Experimental Design and Biostatistics | 4 |
| HSC 350 | Biostatistics | 4 |
| MAT 201 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| PSC 269 | Research Methods for Political Science | 4 |
| QMB 210 | Business Statistics and Analytics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Upper-Level Electives (choose two):
| Any two of the above listed courses not already being used to satisfy a category | |
| or | |
| SPE 308 | Group Presentation and Leading Change | 4 |
| PSC 343 | Politics of Development | 4 |
| PSC 455 | NGOs and Global Civil Society | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6-8 |
Total Credit Hours: 25-28